H4718b H4718b
hole, excavation, quarry (pit from which stone is dug)
This noun means hole, excavation, or quarry—specifically the pit or opening from which material is extracted. In Isaiah 51:1, God tells His people to 'look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug'. The metaphor compares Israel's origins to stone quarried from rock, emphasizing their extraction from Abraham and Sarah. The term is technical vocabulary related to mining or quarrying, denoting the excavated space rather than the tool used.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The excavated hole or quarry from which stone is extracted. Isaiah's metaphor uses this to remind Israel of their origins—they were 'dug out' like stone from a quarry, paralleling 'the rock from which you were hewn'. The image emphasizes both humble origins and divine crafting. Translations vary from 'hole of the pit' to 'quarry', with Spanish 'cavadura' suggesting the act of digging. 1×
AR["حُفْرَةِ"]·ben["গর্তের"]·DE["[מקבת]"]·EN["hole-of"]·FR["[מקבת]"]·heb["מקבת"]·HI["गढ़े"]·ID["lubang"]·IT["[מקבת]"]·jav["luweng"]·KO["광무"]·PT["cavidade-de"]·RU["углубление"]·ES["cavadura-de"]·SW["shimo"]·TR["kovuga-"]·urd["کھدائی-کو"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. מַקֶּ֫בֶת n.f. hole, excavation;—only cstr. מ׳ בּוֹר Is 51:1 (fig.), excavation of a pit, = quarry (‖ צוּר).